Adelaide Oval Hotel Development

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee) (14:39): My question is to the Premier. How does the $42 million loan to the Stadium Management Authority meet the Premier's commitment to 'not pick winners'?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (14:39): Well, again, we have gone over this quite a bit, and I'm more than happy to go over it again in our last question time for the year.

Mr Brown interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Playford is on the edge today.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: It's a proposal which is very different from the winner picking—

The Hon. A. Koutsantonis: That's right; the new president of the Liberal Party—that's different.

The SPEAKER: The member for West Torrens is warned again.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —like the previous government did. Often, they weren't winners that they picked, but there you go. The reality is the Adelaide Oval—

Mr Boyer interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Wright is called to order.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —is an asset which is owned by the people of South Australia. This was not a private organisation building their own asset base; in fact, the improvements that are made to the Adelaide Oval will become the property of the people of South Australia. This is a very simple equation. I'm really not quite sure why the member for Lee, who puts himself up as the financial spokesperson for those opposite, can't understand it.